Honest Sin Allusion

The book of Proverbs 28:13 says ,“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” This quote explains that anyone who keeps in their sin will continue to guilt and torture themselves by doing so. Hawthorne uses many different forms of imagery and allusions to show the significance of hidden sin. The reader can see how Hawthorne uses sin to change his character's physical and mental state. There were three characters he changed throughout the book: Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne, and Roger Chillingworth.

In the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards he uses imagrey to reveal his purpose in throughout the sermon.

The author’s diction illustrates Douglass view of the world around him and his feelings about a community created by fear and injustices. “The wretchedness of slavery” provoked Douglass to “trust no man”, which gave him the sense of feeling “perfectly helpless.” Being imprisoned in slavery for so long caused Douglass to witness the evils of man and experienced the cruelty of being alone. Even more when the “ferocious beats” showed their “greediness to swallow” it left Douglass “toil-worn and whip-scarred.” As time passed by Douglass’ desire for freedom has grown. However, when he does escape he puts himself in his own state of slavery that is run by fear. Douglass’ desires has not even freed him, but it also allowed him to live in life without

People could empathize with him and his journey as they had faced or were still facing the horrifying torture of slavery. The liberation Douglass felt through his literary expression was particularly important in the civil rights movement because it encouraged slaves to have their voices heard even if they could not escape the realities of daily life, literary expression proved as an escape in itself. For a slave in the south, all kinds of identity were stripped from them. All of their self-worth and aspirations were ‘lost’ and in order for them to be found they must free

The romantic period and its literature is solely based off of reform and change. At the time, slavery was very prodominit in the Americas, but the people profiting from their virtues in England were oblivious to the conditions the slaves had to endure. On the other hand, women were fighting their oppressions at home. This was not a case of poor living conditions, like the slaves, but trying to break away from social standards and stereotypes placed upon them. At the time, the main way to get out information and spread a cause was through literature, because it reached the higher, literate classes in society. Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano both exposed social problems during the romantic

      In conclusion Douglass express the importance of  human spirit and mental darkness through understatement, personification, and diction to help the readers fully understand the aspects of being a slave. This should matter in life today to never give up and keep asking questions. After reading Douglass, many literature teachers use his work to display a correct use of rhetorical devices and how they can positively affect writing and analyzing literary

Frederick Douglass, having escaped from the bonds of slavery, realizes that he is a “toil-worn and whip-scarred fugitive slave” who has to confront a matter of “life and death with [him].” His former life as a slave involved exhaustion from work and consequently excessive distress, qualities that have adhered to his current condition. The elation of finding himself in a state of freedom serves only as a temporary comfort when juxtaposing the more severe hardships of a fugitive slave. Douglass is “in the midst of thousands” who, like him, are worn from the misery of slavery, yet he is “without home or friends.” He has no concrete hope, whether in the form of a friend or home, to act as a beacon of comfort and support in such a trying situation. Douglass feels lonely amongst thousands of his own kind because he is unwilling and afraid to share his story, which would consequently render him vulnerable to the merciless clutches of the evils of slavery. Upon reaching the deceitful and illusory land of freedom, the wretchedness and helplessness of the life of a fugitive slave begin to

The period of Romanticism, occurring between the years 1800 and 1860, left a significant impact on not only the literature of that time, but the literature of today as well. Prior to romantic writings, the world focused on society and logic. Romanticism allowed people to start valuing individualism and to appeal to emotional responses. This new way of thinking brought new literary styles, themes, and genres that were never explored before and are still found today. The literature of Romanticism allowed people to escape the harshness of reality and enter a different world.

Societies will not only always have over ambitious people, but also a need for law and order. A flawless society would require a leading figure or group in order for there to be order and rules, but then it would no longer be a utopia. If there was a leading body, that group or individual would have more power than the regular people, thus a misdistribution of power is seen. “The contradictions in the overall Marxist scheme were all too apparent. On a philosophical level, it displayed an inherent contradiction between its fundamentally materialist position and its underlying idealist strain, which

The Romantic era began in 1770, with its peak being from 1800 to 1850. With emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a result of the Enlightenment period, which heavily placed values upon reason and order. Thus, Romanticism depends heavily on “the practical accomplishments of the prior un-Romantic era— a relationship between material wealth and scientific knowledge on one hand, and personal, spiritual, or emotional transcendence on the other, that twenty-first century Americans continue to manage.” The simplest explanation for what is Romantic is “‘anything but the here and now’ or whatever is not realistic” (“Romanticism”). The

In this passage, Garrison attempts to express the sheer fascination, impressment, and wonder that washed over him when he had heard Fredrick Douglass’s speech on the occurrences within slavery. Garrison applies this literary motivation with the use of the rhetorical comparison between the unknown Douglass’s speech and that of the well-known patriot Patrick Henry. By comparing and stating that Douglass conceived a message of liberty that even one of the fore fathers of the liberation of their nation was not able to create, Garrison is able to apply a message to the reader of the magnitude of the intelligence and beauty that Douglass contains. This statement impresses upon the reader the thought of how cruel slavery truly is, through Garrison’s diction as well. The fact that such an intelligent and upstanding human is made to be a lesser being, a “hunted fugitive” because of his skin and not of his mind or moral code affects the conscience of all who hear or read Garrison’s words. Through his Powerful message Garrison is able to convey

Romanticism was a period time 1750 to 1870 in Europe, Latin America and The United States. Romantic Movement didn’t reach to France until the 1820’s. Romanticism main spirit was against of rule, law and formulas that classicism the different characterized of general in 18th century. Imagination, Subjectivity of approach, freedom, Expression and the idealization of nature will be focused in movement of Romantic Literature. In this period industrial revolution with the social and political norms form as age of enlightenment and against of scientific rationalization of nature. Some Literature element of that period will be emotional, imagination and suspense. Romanticism movement brings some of different writes such as John Keats, Blake William, Wordsworth William and other. They came with the different illustrated, poetry that expresses the language, emotion and imagination. Romanticism is a phenomenon characterized by subjectivity of approach and reliance on the imagination, An Idealization of nature and freedom of though and expression.

One of the most popular themes for Romantic poetry in England was nature and an appreciation for natural beauty. The English Romantic poets were generally concerned with the human imagination as a counter to the rise of science. The growing intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries placed scientific thought in the forefront of all knowledge, basing reality in material objects. The Romantics found this form of world view to be restrictive. They felt that imagination was crucial to individual happiness. The imagination also provides a common human bond; a means of sympathy, of identification. However, the absence of imagination, the Romantics felt, would lead

Romanticism was an art movement that developed in the late eighteenth century and lasted for about one hundred years. Romanticism is a rejection of the traditional values of reason, order, and objectivity that characterized Classicism and Enlightenment, in particular Neoclassicism. For the romantic artist, Neoclassical principles hindered the artist’s vision and creativity. Rather, the romantic artist emphasized and valued intuition, juxtaposing emotions, and imagination. Generally, Britain and Germany were seen at the forefront of romanticism. The British Industrial Revolution initiated a disillusionment in rationalism and materialism, consequently rejecting classicism.

Through the late 1700s and early 1800s, the period of Romanticism blossomed. “Romanticism” very loosely describes the era in which modern culture began to take shape. During the Romantic era, many advancements were made in all aspects of people’s lives and cultures. One aspect in particular has held great value even to this day. That aspect being the expansive amount of literature created during the era. The era of Romanticism had its name for a reason. It can be greatly attributed to the romantic style or genre of literature that defined the period. Romantic writers wove many tales of admiration, longing, and aspirations. They were fantastical, in a sense, and almost the antithesis of realism, even. Amidst the great breadth of literature